5 replies to this topic

[Viscid]

Hi!
I'm a healthy 24 year old male who's interested in creating a safe and simple yet effective stack of nootropics that I can use on a daily basis for the long-term without ill effects.

I am currently taking:

NOW Products' 5-HTP with Tyrosine which contains:

L-5-HTP - 200 mg
L-Tyrosine - 250 mg
Vitamin B-3 - 10 mg
Vitamin B-6 - 3 mg
Once Daily PM

Omega-3 Gelcaps which contains:
300 mg EPA
200 mg DHA
Once Daily AM

400 IU of Vitamin D3
Once Daily AM

I was suffering from a constant anxiety which got me started on that 5-HTP with Tyrosine supplement, which eliminated my anxiety completely. (The effect was quite stunning, it was like living in a dreamworld for a while.) Now I'm interested in the world of nootropics and what I can take to achieve optimal cognitive abilities. Before discovering this board (and the whole Internet nootropic community) a few days ago, I ordered this:

Swanson Ultra Cognizin Citicoline - 500 mg
(You guys refer to this as CDP-Choline I see)

and

Bacopa Monnieri Extract BaCognize - 250 mg

I've been reading the board about Bacopa and see you guys don't really regard it as terribly effective.

I also drink green tea, exercise and have a pretty decent diet.

Can anyone recommend something to add or change? I'm interested in having a small stack of about 4-5 pills. In the future I suppose I'll get the powder and make my own pills, but for now I'll just get the pre-made products because it's easier.

I'm new to this, so any advice is welcomed.

[bgwithadd]

ashwaghanda. Brewer's yeast and inositol together.

[Viscid]

ashwaghanda. Brewer's yeast and inositol together.

I'll add Brewer's Yeast for the nutrients and Inositol. Doses?

The Ashwagandha I'll try after I experiment with the Bacopa, which seems to be more widely used, to see which works better.

[Phreak]

ashwaghanda. Brewer's yeast and inositol together.

I'll add Brewer's Yeast for the nutrients and Inositol. Doses?

The Ashwagandha I'll try after I experiment with the Bacopa, which seems to be more widely used, to see which works better.

Why not try a concoction of the two...?

I've got a bag of 100g powdered Bacopa monnieri (not extract) and 100g of Ashwagandha (not extract) sitting at home.
The recommended dosage for both is 3g-6g : 3g-10g respectively - spread out over the day, though.
I think I'm going to cap all 200g (separately, of course) and then take 5g of Bacopa + 5g of Ashwagandha at the same time.
Hopefully it'll produce some nice long-lasting anxiolytic effects, memory improvement, general cognition augmentation, relaxation, motivation and concentration.

Apparently the two go hand-in-hand very nicely.

I still have faith in Bacopa, Viscid

[Viscid]

Update:



I'll be taking first the Piracetam (3gs once daily AM) and the Citicoline (2g once AM) along with 2gs of Brewer's Yeast and 650 mgs of Inositol (Why am I taking this again Mr. ADD?)

Let's see if I feel any effect at all!

[siafujc]

ashwaghanda. Brewer's yeast and inositol together.

Ashwaghanda makes me feel a little sleepy and I tend to zone out on it. I now use it as a sleep aid. :-)
Yeast, however, seems to give me a lot of energy but I've never tried inositol.
So my question is what effect does the combination give you? Thanks.